NAME

xferlog - FTP server logfile

DESCRIPTION

The xferlog file contains logging information from the FTP server
daemon, ftpd(8). This file usually is found in /usr/adm, but can be
located anywhere by using a option to ftpd(8). Each server entry is
composed of a single line of the following form, with all fields being
separated by spaces.
current-timetransfer-timeremote-hostfile-sizefilenametransfer-typespecial-action-flagdirectionaccess-modeusernameservice-nameauthentication-methodauthenticated-user-idcompletion-statuscurrent-time is the current local time in the form "DDD MMM dd
hh:mm:ss YYYY". Where DDD is the day of the week,
MMM is the month, dd is the day of the month, hh is
the hour, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds, and
YYYY is the year.
transfer-time is the total time in seconds for the transfer.
remote-host is the remote host name.
file-size is the size of the transferred file in bytes.
filename is the name of the transferred file.
transfer-type is a single character indicating the type of
transfer. Can be one of:
a for an ascii transfer
b for a binary transfer
special-action-flag is one or more single character flags indicating
any special action taken. Can be one or more of:
C file was compressed
U file was uncompressed
T file was tar’ed
_ no action was taken
direction is the direction of the transfer. Can be one of:
o outgoing
i incoming
access-mode is the method by which the user is logged in. Can
be one of:
a (anonymous) is for an anonymous
guest user.
g (guest) is for an passworded guest
user (see the guestgroup command
in ftpaccess(5) ).
r (real) is for a local
authenticated user.
username is the local username, or if guest, the ID string
given.
service-name is the name of the service being invoked, usually
FTP.
authentication-method
is the method of authentication used. Can be one
of:
0 none
1 RFC931 Authentication
authenticated-user-id
is the user id returned by the authentication
method. A * is used if an authenticated user id is
not available.
completion-status is a single character indicating the status of the
transfer. Can be one of:
c complete transfer
i incomplete transfer